Grain Valley vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Grain Valley and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Grain Valley and Oak Grove are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grain Valley has the higher population (15,967 vs 8,477 in Oak Grove). Grain Valley has the higher median household income ($87,266 vs $73,237 in Oak Grove). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $190,800 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
Population	15,967	8,477
Median age	35.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,266	$73,237
Median home value	$269,800	$190,800
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,007
Housing units	6,178	3,215
Homeownership rate	65.2%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
Population	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)	8,217 → 8,477 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)	$64,398 → $73,237 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)	$134,700 → $190,800 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$863 → $1,007 (+16.7%)

Grain Valley

Population

13,96615,967

Median household income

$73,698$87,266

Median home value

$174,400$269,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Oak Grove

Population

8,2178,477

Median household income

$64,398$73,237

Median home value

$134,700$190,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	19.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.4%
75 and over	4.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	5.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
Drove alone	77.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	71.3%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Grain Valley	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	2002	1984